Assistant Director

We are looking for:

• MBA /MBE/ MSW/ MA – Economics / Social Sciences/Other disciplines
• 4-12 years of relevant experience
• Prior experience of working in education /other social sectors (preferred)

Competencies:

• Comprehensive understanding of higher education landscape ( policy, regulatory, etc)
• Ability to interface with stakeholders at mid/ senior level( govt, regulatory, universities, industry, etc)
• Primary and Secondary research,
• Managing events/delegations/ conferences
• Analysis & Report writing
• Project Management
• Excellent presentation skills and MS office suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, FORMS, TEAMS)

Principal Accountabilities:

Thought Leadership/Policy Advocacy work in Higher Education

• Work with the Higher Education Committee leadership and members in identifying the important areas/topics for thought leadership papers, reports, articles, etc.
• Interface regularly with regulatory bodies/ Ministry of Education/Other related ministries/state govts and pro-actively engage in developing FICCI report/inputs on any govt notification, policy document, etc
• Develop strategic partnerships with University leaders/ multilateral/bilateral organizations and other important stakeholders in higher education

FICCI Higher Education Committee & Taskforces (TF)

• Conduct periodic committee meetings under the guidance of Committee leadership (develop agenda, prepare minutes, etc).
• Identify and create small groups of experts/Task Forces to address specific sectoral issues
• Work with the identified Task Forces (TFs) in developing papers and executing bespoke projects
• The Task Force work would include report writing, project implementation, surveys and research; events/webinars/masterclasses; program development and implementation
• Work towards mobilizing new members and manage the membership engagement/activities

Higher Education Summit (HES)

• Organize and manage the annual global FICCI Higher Education Summit
• Work with the Committee leadership in designing the conference program and in identifying national and international partners
• Manage masterclasses/workshops and focused closed-door interactions between industry and academic leaders.
• Work towards generating revenue for the department through sponsorship, delegate participation, etc
• Manage social media branding and its effective execution.
• Coordination with speakers and delegate mobilization; developing post show report

Projects

• Work towards identifying/executing projects in the space of industry-academia engagement. Reconnect with FICCI’s NKFH ( National Knowledge Functional Hub) partners and initiate activities based on the NKFH framework
• Organize various capacity building programs of faculty and Higher Education Leadership
• Engage with World Bank and other global agencies and explore joint projects.
• Identify and explore projects of mutual interest with Central govt agencies/ state governments

Webinars/Workshops/Masterclasses/Delegations

• Ideate and execute masterclasses, workshops, webinars on important/relevant topic.
• Engage Committee leadership and senior government functionaries in some of the identified/select ones.
• Develop partnerships with external partners and generate revenue for the organization.

Reports/ Recommendations

• Keep a close eye on recent government announcements (policies, regulations, amendments and develop FICCI inputs/recommendations for their consideration
• Work with the Knowledge Partner in providing information through secondary research (wherever required) for the annual FICCI Knowledge report released during the FICCI HE Summit every year.
• Work closely with the Key committee members/task forces and help in putting together the position papers/reports on the identified areas.

FICCI Eduwrap

• A bi-monthly sectoral newsletter with an outreach to all stakeholders (faculty, industry, students, MSMEs etc) as an outreach initiative
• Collate relevant news items /articles for every edition
• Strive to generate revenue by identifying and mobilizing potential partners who may take up advertisements for being published in the eduwrap